Ticket-ireghsteb eor railroad-cars



`i rwLLieMeBPnRLr, OF Lemstra-Le, iKENmUcKY.

Louisville,jinlthe county of `Jeil'ersonand `usefulln1proveniient in, TicketRegisters for p s Railroad-Gars, &c.l; andlido hereby declare` 1 thetstheqfellewing is aiffil'll, Clear, and.` eXeet l y deserptien of theSeine;l refereneef benghed 1 Figure I, is an external front View ofa te;

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Q "Thel Object of unyiinvent'ionl is to overcome 31 the serious objections which are raised ;by s railroad companies and the -itravelingipublic s against 1the ipresent 4.methods of controlling `[Qthat `part of" thebusiness relating tothe reception of fare from passengers by the conl n ductors afterthe carswhaveleft fthe various s stations. Owing to .theiggreatlossy in the Wiirst case, experienced from` the dishonesty of the'` conductors and in the second case to the serious occurrences resulting from pas` lyssengers,` who neglect to `get their tickets at itheoilicejnot being willing to comply with cert-ain regulations, or "pay" eXtra s charges .f made bythe directors, for the purpose of s `inducingsuchtravelers to buy their tickets s at the "office and thereby prevent conductors receiving money after thf@ cars have started. The natureofmylimprovement consists in "providing injeach oir'the" cars a machine n "whichfshall holdi a suiiicient numbers of y "tickets"` forall fthe passengers in `the same, and also discharge said tickets at the `will of the conductor fand likewise registerxthefsame ff as fastfas `they arejdischarged or distributed.`

These machines toybewnnder the control of' thefconductor so fart as thev distribution of" ftheltickets is concerned and nofarther, its f internal arrangementbeing `kept under lock andkey by the direetorsand only tobe in` spected bythein or their `accredited agent at" fthe end` ofthe trip. rlshe tickets placed in the machineliaving the placewhere the passengers aregoing to, the different stopping places along the roadland the `distance apart r of one from thevother;` marked "upon them, and owing totheirthus being marked, are

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f desirable leidet@ .the passengers and `@Oneequentlylwill 4be demanded by them at-.the time ef `revies their fare to the `eogildlleer, .instructions ,foreach passenger to thus demand his ticket being-posted in conspicuous "places throughout :the tre-ill By this invention :every y passenger that pays his fare and ldemands and receives a ticket will be registered and Consequently lcharged against `the "conductor and as the machine islocked andlcannot-befturned back or interfered withwthe number of `fares received by the `conductor will always be known byfthedirectors at the end of the trip and :therefore Lthechance of dishonesty on the-part-of-the conductor is very slight, `if

s Tolenable othersskilled in the art to make andxuseymyinvention, I will proceed `to describe its constructionan'd operation. A

f represents .a Tbox with three compartmentaiaybyc. Thefcompartment a, serving for theqticlkets :Bto be placedin as shown; on the bottom of a underneath the tickets thereisrarranged a s1ide{C,;which-,is capable offbeing` moved Jin` and out as illustrated by redicolor. This slide is provided with a lip or flange d, on its upper side said lip standing up just high enough to take hold of the last ticket and at the same time be free from `touching theticket above it when drawn out to the position shown in red. D is a spiral springfor keeping the tickets rmly down upon this slide and thus insuring their dis#` charge separately when the slide is drawn s out.

Epis an extensionl or small boX provided on the boX A at the opening through which the tickets pass in being carried to the discharge. E', is an inclined way,`arranged in this extension or boX and passing up through a slite, formed in the slide so as not to` interfere with the movement of said slide, for the tickets to move over. By providing this `extension and way `a person is prevented from inserting any instrument and drawing out a ticket and the ticket will always be registered vbefore coming in sight, and the advantage of having the forward end of the ticket lifted from off the surface of the slide, ready to be conveniently laid hold of by the conductor,l secured, as illustrated by red color.` s

H, I, J, K, L, represent cog wheels arranged and geared together as shown, in the compartment (b), and serving to give a slow motion to the index wheel M, which is arranged in the compartment (c) which may have a window g, so as tc eXhibit without opening the box, the number of tickets distributed. This index wheel is made fast on the anis of the wheel L, and turns with it.

K, is an elbow shaped arm or projection attached to the inner edge of the slide, the end f, of this projection fits between the teeth of the cog wheel H, and turns is the distance of one tooth every time the slide is drawn out, and a ticket discharged and thereby causes it to give motion to the intermediate Gearing and thereby turn the index wheel suiciently far around to register the discharge of the ticket.

As soon as one ticket is withdrawn another occupies its place ready to be carried out by the lip, it being caused to take its place by the pressure of a weighted follower or a spiral spring arranged as shown.

Instead of having a separat-e machine in each car, a series connected together, containing tickets suitable or the various stations or stopping places along the road, may be employed, said series being carried from car to car by the conductor, and tickets sup` plies therefrom to the passengers and registered in the following manner.

The operation is as Jfollows: A passenger being called upon to pay his fare, and seeing no ticket ready to be handed him in return for his money, demands, according to the posted instructions, one of the conductor, who lays hold of the slide and draws it out with a ticket upon it for the passenger as shown in red; he then pushes it back to its place. As he drew out the slide with the ticket, the projection turned the wheel H one tooth, and thereby caused the intermediate gearing to turn the index wheel, and thereby register the ticket. Thus the operation is continued until all the passengers in one car and for a particular town or place, are supplied. He then locks the slide and passes from the first car to the neXt and as the passengers demand tickets, supplies them with the same as in the iirst instance; the tickets however in this car being marked for a different town or place. This machine can he used for registering of tickets issued at the railway stations before the train starts, as well as after and may also be employed to advantage at all public places where money is collected, in a similar manner.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. The within described improvement for distributing and registering rail road and other tickets, consisting in the combination and arrangement of the slide C, d, spring D, and registering device H, I. J. K. L, M, or its equivalent, substantially as set forth.

2. I claim providing the extension E, and inclined way E', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

WILLIAM APPERLY.

Witnesses:

WALKER MoRINs, B. W. CLEMENT. 

